Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> * Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>> Yes, I was going to post about it in a minute. They now change their tune.
>> Spin, spin, spin... but no ISO for the time being.
>
> I think the best think Microsoft can hope for is that OOXML gets put on
> the "normal" track at ISO.
>
A 6,000 page document should be expected to take several years before
it's ready. Considering that we already have ODF, that Microsoft could
readily support ODF if they wanted to, and that the cost of trying to
standardise a second standard in order to do exactly the same thing as
the first, but using a 6,000 page document which is known to have flaws
in the thousands (see all the comments) is going to outweigh any
possible benefit to those involved in the standardisation process. Oh
yeah, except Microsoft.
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